Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

Religion

The Humanist Enabling Life Project – supporting victims of sharia attacks

Leo Igwe -
The Humanist Enabling Life Project is a compassionate response to sharia amputations, murder, and other faith-based abuses in Nigeria.
Politics

Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda

Slava Amanatski -
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
Religion

Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore

Alastair Lichten -
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
Religion

Encouraging non-belief and activism against witch hunts in black communities

Leo Igwe -
Leo Igwe, director of the Advocacy for Alleged Witches, reports from Black Nonbelievers Seacon 2025, on the work of encouraging non-belief in Nigeria
Bad PR

Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

Michael Marshall -
A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.
Politics

Can assisted dying be a free choice in a society that dehumanises disabled people?

Sorrel Kinton -
Fears that assisted dying legislation could lead to pressure on disabled people aren't just a 'slippery slope', given the current lack of social safety net
Religion

The Good Counsel Network and young, anti-abortion Catholic women

Abigail Kennedy -
The Good Counsel Network draws young Catholic women into the anti-abortion movement with support, community, and a sense of shared purpose
History

What little you know about Jack the Ripper’s victims is almost certainly wrong

Mike Hall -
Despite all of the sensationalised coverage of the murders of Jack the Ripper, his victims are seldom more than an afterthought in history
1...345...80Page 4 of 80

The Skeptic Podcast

- Advertisement -spot_img

Latest news

Expert skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal.

[email protected]

About

Categories

Shop